Josh Taylor is all time boxing great but Tartan Tornado has blown himself out in push for summit

The Met Office describes a tornado as a rapidly forming violent vortex with destructive force that can destroy anything in its path.

But the awesome power dissipates and it eventually fades away.

There’s no need for any weather boffins to suggest our very own Tartan Tornado looks to have blown itself out.

Josh Taylor has been a whirlwind in world boxing. The Prestonpans puncher will go down as one of Scotland’s greatest ever athletes, never mind boxers, and is up alongside the best ever British fighters.

His legacy is already secured.

Yet it now looks like one of the most punishing climbs to the summit of the global game has caught up with this living legend.

Taylor ran out of puff and power at the Hydro on Saturday.

Ekow Essuman was a dangerous domestic opponent but the kind of fighter the Scot would have swept away a few years ago.

Instead, the 36-year-old from Nottingham – nicknamed the Engine – emerged with a deserved points win over the former undisputed world champ.

Taylor was testing the atmosphere after moving up to a weight division to welterweight with a view to claiming another global strap.

But it’s hard to see him hitting those great heights once again.

After three straight defeats on the back of the contentious victory over Jack Catterall, Taylor might feel he’s reached a crossroads.

Plenty will tell him it’s a dead end.

Taylor is his own man though and he’s earned the right to go out on his own terms, if and when the time is right for him.

Getting his hands on another world strap might seem unlikely on recent form, but a British crown? Absolutely.

Whether the drive is still there to do it is another question.

At 34, Taylor isn’t getting any younger, but he’s not ancient by any stretch.

The trouble is, that